Malbank School and Sixth Form College
Welsh Row, Nantwich, CW5 5HD
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Malbank School and Sixth Form College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr John Harrison
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,384
- Pupils on roll
- 1,271
- URN
- 111419
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
About this school
Malbank School and Sixth Form College was a foundation secondary school in Nantwich. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,271 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Malbank School and Sixth Form College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 186 | 197 | 200 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.5 | 41.0 | 42.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 -0.42 to -0.01 | -0.60 -0.80 to -0.40 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 30.5% | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 62.9% | 59% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 19% | 60.4% | 45% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Malbank School and Sixth Form College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.5 | 37.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.9 | 37.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,176 |
| 2023/24 | 1,234 |
| 2024/25 | 1,271 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malbank School and Sixth Form College compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.9 | 10% | 26.6% | 1,271 | — |
| Malbank School and Sixth Form College | — | — | — | 1,289 | 0.0 miles |
| Brine Leas School | 49.7 | 7% | 15% | 1,417 | 1.2 miles |
| Shavington Academy | 47.8 | 8.2% | 14.4% | 934 | 3.2 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 47.7 | 6.7% | 19.3% | 642 | 3.3 miles |
| The Oaks Academy | 35.4 | 7.6% | 49.4% | 681 | 3.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.61%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.98%
- Persistent absence
- 25.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Malbank School and Sixth Form College0.0 miles
Secondary · Nantwich
-
Brine Leas School1.2 miles
Secondary · Nantwich
-
Shavington Academy3.2 miles
Secondary · Shavington
-
St Thomas More Catholic High School3.3 miles
Secondary · Crewe
-
The Oaks Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Crewe
Other schools in Nantwich
- Brine Leas School Secondary
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College Secondary
- Acton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Bridgemere CofE Primary School Primary
- Highfields Academy Primary
- Kingsbourne Academy Primary
- Millfields Primary Academy Primary
- Nantwich Primary Academy Primary
- Pear Tree Primary School Primary
- Sound and District Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Malbank School and Sixth Form College teach?
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Nantwich.
- Has Malbank School and Sixth Form College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Malbank School and Sixth Form College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Malbank School and Sixth Form College?
- Malbank School and Sixth Form College had 1,271 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have Malbank School and Sixth Form College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.5 in 2022/23 and 42.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Malbank School and Sixth Form College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Malbank School and Sixth Form College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2025.